Privacy Policy

This policy applies to personal information collected through this website. It does not apply to information collected in the course of a professional engagement, which is governed by the terms of that engagement and our professional obligations.

We collect personal information only when you choose to provide it, primarily by submitting our contact form. That information includes your name, email address, organization, role, area of interest, and the contents of your message.

Our hosting provider automatically records standard technical information as part of delivering the site, such as your IP address, browser type, and the pages you request. This information is used to operate and secure the website.

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the nature of the personal information we hold to protect it against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, loss, or alteration.

We do not use advertising cookies. We use a privacy-oriented analytics service provided by our hosting provider to measure aggregate website traffic. It does not use cookies and does not identify individual visitors.

We use the information you submit for the purposes for which it was collected, including to respond to and route your inquiry, communicate with you about it, maintain appropriate business records, operate and secure the website, and comply with applicable legal and professional obligations. We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information.

We rely on trusted third-party service providers to host this website and to receive and manage inquiries submitted through our contact form, including a customer relationship management provider used to record and route inquiries and an email provider used to deliver them to us. These providers process information on our behalf and only as necessary to provide their services. Some of them may store or process information outside Canada, including in the United States, where it may be subject to the laws of those jurisdictions.

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, to satisfy legal, professional, regulatory, accounting, or business requirements, or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, after which it is deleted or anonymized.

Subject to applicable law, including Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), you may request access to and correction of personal information we hold about you and, where permitted by applicable law, request its deletion. To make a request, contact us using the details below.

You may also contact us with a question or complaint regarding our collection, use, disclosure, or handling of personal information. We will investigate and respond to privacy complaints in accordance with our applicable legal obligations.

The website's contact form is intended for general inquiries. Please do not submit confidential, privileged, highly sensitive, or time-sensitive information through the website unless specifically requested by the firm. Submission of information through the website does not create a professional, advisory, solicitor-client, or other relationship with the firm.

The firm has designated a person responsible for overseeing compliance with applicable privacy laws and this Privacy Policy. Questions, concerns, or complaints regarding our privacy practices may be directed to the Privacy Officer by contacting us at info@smac.ca or by mail at 170 University Ave, Suite 403, Toronto, ON M5H 3B3, Canada.

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. Material changes will be reflected here.